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My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.
Clare Bowen

Meaning of "coloratura soprano" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLORATURA SOPRANO

coloratura soprano  [ˌkɒlərəˈtʊərə səˈprɑːnəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLORATURA SOPRANO

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Coloratura soprano is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COLORATURA SOPRANO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coloratura soprano

A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano who specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills. The term coloratura refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component of the music written for this voice. Within the coloratura category, there are roles written specifically for lighter voices known as lyric coloraturas and others for larger voices known as dramatic coloraturas. Some roles may be sung by either voice. For example, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor was famously done at the Metropolitan Opera for many years by lyric coloratura Lily Pons, whose voice was quite small and light, but more recently the same role was sung by Ruth Ann Swenson whose voice is larger and duskier and latterly with even greater effect by Maria Callas whose dramatic interpretation still casts a long shadow. This way, some dramatic coloraturas have been extremely successful in singing the lighter roles. Categories within a certain vocal range are determined by the size, weight and color of the voice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLORATURA SOPRANO


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Arnaud
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Arno
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boliviano
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Caetano
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capitano
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Kano
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llano
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Lugano
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mano
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Marrano
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Merano
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Nagano
nəˈɡɑːnəʊ
oregano
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Romano
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siciliano
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Soekarno
suːˈkɑːnəʊ
solano
səʊˈlɑːnəʊ
soprano
səˈprɑːnəʊ
zebrano
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLORATURA SOPRANO

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colorably
Colorado
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Colorado Desert
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Colorado Springs
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colorant
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WORDS THAT END LIKE COLORATURA SOPRANO

Altiplano
Bolzano
boy soprano
chicano
Ciano
escribano
grand piano
guano
mano a mano
Marciano
Meccano
mezzo-soprano
Milano
paesano
parmigiano
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Pisano
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Talcahuano
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Synonyms and antonyms of coloratura soprano in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «coloratura soprano» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLORATURA SOPRANO

Find out the translation of coloratura soprano to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coloratura soprano from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coloratura soprano» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花腔女高音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soprano coloratura
570 millions of speakers

English

coloratura soprano
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कालरत्युअर सोप्रानो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنويع السوبرانو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колоратурное сопрано
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coloratura soprano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রংতুরা সোপারানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soprano colorature
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coloratura soprano
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Koloratursopran
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コロラトゥーラ·ソプラノ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콜로라투라 소프라노
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coloratura soprano
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mầu soprano
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்ணமயமான சோபான்னோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगाटू सोपारानो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Coloratura soprano
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soprano di coloratura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sopran koloraturowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колоратурне сопрано
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coloratura soprano
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λυρική υψίφωνος σοπράνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koloratuur -sopraan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koloratursopranen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coloratura sopran
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coloratura soprano

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLORATURA SOPRANO»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLORATURA SOPRANO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coloratura soprano

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Clare Bowen
My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLORATURA SOPRANO»

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Training Soprano Voices
The role of Gilda (Rigoletto, Verdi) is sometimes given to the soubrette/coloratura but more appropriately belongs to the dramatic coloratura soprano (or to the facile lyric), because both flexibility and dramatic singing are required in her duets ...
Richard Miller, 2000
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The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor
Female Voice Classification Overlap Chart CS CS S S S S M M M M A A A Dramatic Coloratura Soprano Lyric Coloratura Soprano Lyric Soprano Spinto Soprano Lyric Coloratura Soprano Dramatic Coloratura Soubrette Lyric Soprano High ...
Gustav Meier, 2009
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Coloratura Soprano
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano who specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs and leaps.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Training Soprano Voices
Soubrette duties encompass vocal effervescence and easy melismatic negotiation over a wide range (although the soubrette is less dependent on the highest regions than is the coloratura soprano). Typical roles, in addition to Despina, are ...
Richard Miller Wheeler Professor of Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Director The Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, 2000
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Clinical Voice Disorders
An abridged summary of the more common terms follows: Coloratura soprano ♢ High, light, agile soprano voice ♢ Must be able to sing very fast and complex progressions of notes ♢ Examples: Beverly Sills, Edita Gruberova ♢ Regnava nel  ...
Arnold Elvin Aronson, 2009
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Maria Meneghini Callas
Siepi, Cesare (1923- ), bass, 58, 131, 177, 234 Sills, Beverly (1929- ), coloratura soprano, 89 Silveri, Paulo (1913- ), baritone, 78 Simionato, Giulietta (1910- ), mezzo soprano, 56, 57, 59, 118, 139, 152, 166, 167, 198, 233, 234 Simoneau, ...
Michael Scott, 1992
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The NPR Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for ...
COLORATURA SOPRANO (or Simply COLORATURA): Coloratura (literally, " coloring") is the elaborate ornamentation or embroidery of a musical line. The term describes a style of vocal music — a style that usually includes plenty of swift, ...
Miles Hoffman, 2005
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Singing Like Callas and Caruso
Joan Sutherland and her husband, Richard Bonyngne, who brought the coloratura soprano of Joan to shining glory by training her to sing a whole tone higher than she was used to. He changed the pitch without telling her and proved to her ...
A. S. Karin Wettig, 2012
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Opera: The Basics
The notion of the ”coloratura soprano” comes from the notoriety of Maria Callas, loan Sutherland, and Beverly Sills, who all reintroduced roles featuring such music. Music for other vocal ranges features coloratura lines as well: one example is ...
Denise Gallo, 2013
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Singing: The First Art
The coloratura soprano category came about in just such a way. As the Age of Grand Opera wore on, some sopranos who had high voices and great agility but who could not cope with the declamatory works of Verdi and Wagner carried on ...
Dan Marek, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLORATURA SOPRANO»

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Summer concert series continues at St. Francis by the Sea
11: Katherine Lynn Anderson, coloratura soprano, will deliver a program of “Classical Works for Solo Voice.” Linda Laughton will accompany ... «Carolinacoastonline, Jul 15»
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'The Queen of Bel Canto' Opera Star Jessica Pratt Returns to …
The coloratura soprano, renowned for her likeness and a career trajectory similar to the legendary Dame Joan Sutherland, was lauded as a ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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British coloratura makes her base in Prague
Her voice, a coloratura soprano, is very specific. “There are not very many operas that I can fit in. It is interesting to have the voice I do,” she said ... «Prague Post, Jun 15»
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Operalia: how Plácido Domingo put the x factor into opera
There is the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, which takes place every two years and has just been won by the Belarusian coloratura soprano ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Work-in-progress 'LSD: The Opera' is powerful musical theater
The earliest, the "Yankee Doodle Fantasy," for crazy coloratura soprano, tin whistles (played microtonally), oboe and Partch instruments, is a ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
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Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for June 22-28 …
From soaring, coloratura soprano heights to screaming, indie-rock antics, Lauren Worsham has made a career of moving seamlessly between ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
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Thomas Adès: Powder Her Face
A coloratura soprano is required for the hotel maid who also appears in successive scenes as a confidante to the Duchess, a waitress, the ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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“Soar and Swing”
That song, “Transblucency,” and “Violet Blue” were originally recorded by the coloratura soprano Kay Davis, who performed with Ellington in the late 1940s. «Harvard Magazine, Jun 15»
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Canton's International Festival features Verdi Opera Theatre of …
Madeline Harts is a coloratura soprano hailing from beautiful Buffalo, New York and a recently graduated Toledo Opera Resident Artist from the ... «La Prensa, Jun 15»
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Sharleen Joynt of Bachelor fame to sing in Toronto
Joynt didn't get to sing on The Bachelor, just a few lines of an aria on a date, but she'll put her coloratura soprano voice to use in the chamber ... «Mississauga, Jun 15»

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